September, 2009

Events / Organizations / Tech — 1 Comment
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Sep 09

i3 Detroit Provides Us With Our First Hackerspace

Saturday, October 3, 2009 – the date of the grand opening of i3 Detroit’s collaborative work environment, better known as a “hackerspace.” The open house will be from 12:00pm to 5:00pm with a party to follow at 7:00pm. It is on one of iDetroit’s favorite streets – Fourth Street in Royal Oak (322 E Fourth St to be exact). As the lame duck mayor of Fourth Street, I want to welcome i3 Detroit to the neighborhood. All we at iDetroit ask is that you let the Rudy’s drive the cupcake car you guys are building in there.

Here is Edward Platt of newbit Design Lab and a main conspirator of i3 Detroit pitching my VADO HD camera:

For more information, check out http://www.i3detroit.com

Events / Marketing / Tech — 4 Comments
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Sep 09

Chris Brogan visits Detroit this October

Chris Brogan, renowned social media expert, best-selling author and owner of several awesome t-shirts, will be coming to Detroit on October 12 as part of the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Maverick Marketing Monday series.

Chris will be focusing his presentation on social networks and presence management.  Here is a quick teaser:

It’s 9 a.m. and you sit down for some good ol’ FB time. You can find old friends, see how weird everyone from high school has become, snicker at old crushes, and heck, even make business connections! Sounds great in theory, but time is money and you can’t afford to spend half the day online. This session teaches the social networking/work balance and provides time management tools to cut the time you spend online while maximizing the effectiveness of free social media.

Chris does a fantastic job of sharing incredibly helpful ideas when it comes to relationship building via social media.  If you have yet seen him present, you’re definitely missing out.

According to my friends at the Chamber, this event is filling up quick.  So, hurry up and get your tickets.  Click here to register and purchase.

SIDE NOTE: if Chris is in town for the night, there could be a potential tweetup.  We’ll find out and keep you posted.

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Brandon